Construction Construction Trades category: 1564 books
by Chrispin Pettang, Marcelline Blanche Manjia, F. Henry Abanda
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
The continued growth of emerging nations depends largely on the development of their built infrastructures and communities. Roads, dams, bridges, hospitals, schools, and housing are all examples of the built environment that impacts economic improvements in the developing world. Decision Support for...
An Architect's Guide to Construction
Tales from the Trenches Book 1
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
After more than 35 years "in the trenches" as an architect, specialist consultant and now quality director for a large North American construction company, Brian Palmquist has written An Architect's Guide to Construction in order to share a balanced wealth of knowledge and experience about...
Conscious Cooperation
How to Create Successful Construction Projects
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
This book is a guide on how to begin, nurture and finish successful construction projects. Written for contractors, property owners and anyone involved in the construction process, the book is rich in illustrative stories and point-by-point advice. It also contains powerful interviews with noted mediators,...
by Giovanni C. Migliaccio, Len Holm
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2018
This new textbook fills an important gap in the existing literature, in that it prepares construction engineering and built environment students for their first experience of the jobsite. This innovative book integrates conceptual and hands-on knowledge of project engineering to introduce students...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. What is the most effective district structure to reduce cost growth of military construction projects for the United States Army Corps of Engineers?Leaders assess the requirements for...
Construction 101
Become 3X Better At Building Things and Managing Projects
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2018
Are you an architect, engineer, project manager, superintendent? Are you a subcontractor, business owner, or are you just starting your career in construction? Our industry is shared by people who genuinely care about what they do and take pride in building things.
This book in intended to...
by Jane Coombs
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2018
This book is a practical guide for anyone involved in the construction industry. Of course, there are the usual health issues of vibration and construction dust. But the real value is in the plain English information on contemporary issues such as:
•How are you managing your ageing workers?
•Which...
by Stephanie Owen, J.R. Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2014
Law for the Construction Industry provides a comprehensive introduction to the English legal system and basic contract law for those involved in the construction industry. It covers the level 2 module on legal studies of The CIOB's Education Framework and is officially sanctioned by The CIOB as the...
Fall Prevention Through Design in Construction
The Benefits of Mobile Computing
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2015
The role of designers has traditionally been to design a building so that it conforms to accepted local building codes. The safety of workers is left up to the contractor building the designs. Research shows, however, that designers can have an especially strong influence on construction safety during...
by
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
Many areas of knowledge converge in the building industry and therefore research in this field necessarily involves an interdisciplinary approach. Effective research requires strong relation between a broad variety of scientific and technological domains and more conventional construction or craft...
Building International Construction Alliances
Successful partnering for construction firms
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2002
Building International Construction Alliances is the first book to address the challenges of international cooperation between medium-sized construction firms. By presenting a case study of the historical evolution of Fratelli Dioguardi S.p.A. and Beacon Construction Company, and representative projects,...
Integrated Management Systems for Construction
Quality, Environment and Safety
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Integrated management systems (IMS) are an innovative way of handling the plethora of management functions and procedures that are applied throughout major construction projects. Contracting companies use management systems to shape and define the corporate arrangement of their business activities,...
Social Enterprise in the Construction Industry
Building Better Communities
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
Through the emerging lens of social enterprise, this book examines how the global construction industry can engage more effectively with the communities in which it builds, addressing disadvantage and environmental degradation to leave a positive legacy for future generations.
Combining insights...
Construction Project Management
A Practical Guide for Building and Electrical Contractors
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2009
Construction Project Management offers some of the best project management studies commissioned by ELECTRI International: The Foundation for Electrical Construction that were selected, coordinated, and monitored by some of the most progressive contractors and performed by outstanding scholars from top...